Improvement in wash-boilers



Maase @anni @iii I. D. SEELEY,` OF HUDSON, WISCONSIN. Letters l'atentNo. 85,483, dated December 29,1868.

MPROVEMENT IN WASH-BOILERS.

The Schedule referred to inv these Letters Patent and making part 0fthe' Bama.

to the annexed drawings, making part of this speciii cation, in which- YFigure l is a perspective view of the boiler. Figure 2 is a transversevertical section through the centre thereof. l

Figure 3 is a perspective view ofthe water-detiector,

l which is placed in the bottom ofthe boiler.

Coirespondingletteis refer to corresponding parts in the severalfigures. 4

My present invention relates to that class of washboilers in whichprovision is made for the circulation of the water from the bottom tonear the top thereof, and then allowing it to fall in streams or jetsupon the clothes which Vare being cleansed within said boiler; and

It consists in providing tubes or passages for the return'of the waterthat rises above the `cover of the boiler, when in use, to the body ofsuch boiler, at a point below` such cover.

A is the body of the boiler, which is of usual form and construction,except that it has upon its sides chambers, formed by securing theretoplates of metal,

in such a manner as to leave a sufficient space, between them and thesides of the boiler, for the passage of the water upward, through saidchambers, tofperforations, formed in for near the top of the boiler,through which the water returns to the body of the boiler, and upon theclothes contained therein.

B B are the plates, above referred to, there being one upon each side ofthe boiler, and each forming a passage for the water, as aboveindicated.

O is the cover oi' the boiler, which is of usual construction, and isheld in place by dogs or ears, pivoted to the upper edge of the boiler,and so arranged that they may be turned inwards, and their ends made topres's upon said cover.

D is a rim or flange, extending entirely around the boiler, to the upperedge of which it is secured in such a manner-as' to extend above the topof the boiler proper a distance sufficient to enable it to form areservoir, for the reception of any water which may be forced up aroundthecover while the boiler is in use.

E is a double iiange or deiiector, which is placed in the boiler, and isarranged as shown in fig. 2, so that the water, after having passed downthrough and amongst the clothes, is allowed to collect in the boilerbelow said deector, from whence it is directed to the side chambers orpassages, through which it passes upwards, and is delivered upon theclothes, as above v described.

F is a tube or passage, (ot` which there may be one or more,) the upperend of which communicates with the reservoir or space above the cover,while the lower end thereof communicates with the body of the boiler ata point below said cover, the purpose of such tube or passage being toconvey any water which rises into such reservoir or space past the coverof the boiler, back into the space below such cover, and thus prevent itfrom running down the sides of the boiler, and upon the stove, as it hasheretofore been allowed to do, thus filling the room with steam andunpleasant odors.

This boiler is provided with handles, for the purpose of moving it, andthey are such as are usually applied for like purposes.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patont, is

A tube or passage, the upperend of which communicates with the spaceabove the cover of a washboiler, while its lower end communicates withthe interior of such boiler, below such cover, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inpresence of two subscribing uit nesses.

I. D. SEELEY.

W'itnesses D. E. RICHARDSON, JOHN C. MATHEWS.

